

Outsourcing is not a new or alien phenomenon. Almost every organization outsources some aspect of its business. A paint company may outsource the manufacture of its paint cans; a mobile network may outsource its billing activity; a hospitality chain may outsource medical waste disposal; an auto manufacturer may outsource servicing; and an IT company may [...]
Continue readingEurope’s economic problems cast a long shadow as the credit crunch and Euro crisis leave businesses in the UK and continental Europe with a lot of challenges, but what will this mean to the IT outsourcing sector in the continent? Computer Weekly asked the experts for their opinions of what 2013 holds for IT outsourcing. [...]
Continue readingWe’ve assembled the biggest sourcing luminaries across the biggest advisors to cogitate the four industry challenges: Challenge #1) Achieving Value Beyond Cost: Can the corporate mindset shift from cost-savings myopia to value-creation and growth? Challenge #2) Envisioning The Future Global Operating Model: How can enterprises truly leveraging sourcing and shared services under a common framework [...]
Continue readingLead generation and marketing are closely knit. In fact, it can be said that businesses nowadays do marketing to generate leads. For IT companies, however, marketing and lead generation can be two different things. Why? That is because IT firms that mainly cater to the needs of other businesses will not much benefit from creating [...]
Continue reading5-9 March 2013 Qualium Systems will participate in No. 1 Event for the Digital World 2013 (CeBIT) in Hannover, Germany. CeBIT is the world’s largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions. After “Cloud Technology” in 2011 and “Managing Trust” in 2012, “Shareconomy” is the keynote theme for CeBIT 2013. “Shareconomy” describes the societal [...]
Continue readingProject Managers from Softengi team Bogdan Kyrychenko and Maksym Shestovytskyi have been successfully certified according to the IPMA® (International Project Management Association). Bogdan Kyrychenko has received Level B Senior Project Manager certificate, thus becoming the 58th manager in Ukraine with such a high level of certification, and confirmed that he has the necessary competence for [...]
Continue readingCentral exhibition center Expocentre has gathered intellectual resources of Russia. The fourth International Forum on intellectual property Expopriority-2012 finished on November 30. The main subject of the forum was connected with Russia’s accession to the WTO. The event represented the country’s intellectual potential and the ways to protect the country in new conditions. More than [...]
Continue readingWith the end of 2012 in sight and the Russian tech industry preparing for its annual New Year break, Software Russia asked some of its frequent contributors from the past 12 months to look forward to what 2013 may bring. With economic uncertainties surrounding the European and US economies five years on from the start [...]
Continue readingGoing by the change of events and recent developments, there are enough indications that 2013 will perhaps be a better year for the information technology (IT) outsourcing services industry, compared with the previous year. However, a clear-cut recovery could elude the industry until the second half of 2013. Global clients usually finalise their IT budget [...]
Continue readingPrivate equity firms invested $8,853 million over 406 deals in 2012 compared to $10,378 million they spent across 483 deals during the previous year, a fall of 14.7%, according to analysis by a private equity research firm. The total investments by PE firms over the past five years in India now stands at about $41.4 [...]
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